Improvement in combined stalk and weed-cutters and land-rollers



I W. LESLIE. COMBINED STALK ANDW-EED CUTTER AND LAND ROLLER.

No. 108,712. v Patented 0013.25, 1870.

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Letters Patent lid-108,712, dated October 25,1870; antedeted October 15,1870. v.

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The Schedule referred inth'esa Letters Patent and making part of thesame To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM Lnsmn, of Fort Madison, in the county of Leeand in the State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGombined Stalk and Weed-Cutter and Land- Roller; and do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing and to theletters of reference marked thereon, making a part of thisspecification; p

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a stalk and weed-cuttor and land-roller combined, which can also beused as a corn-plow and marker. v i

'In order to enable others skilled in thelart to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a side'elevation, and

Figure 2, a bottom view of my machine;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the rollers, and

' Figure 4 is a front view of one of the plow-colters, showing themanner of attaching the same.

A A and A represent three beams or bars, place a suitablevand equaldistance apart,- and connected by means of cross-bars B B, the centerbeam A extending beyond the other two, forming the tongue,'to

which the team is attached; or the front end of said center-bar may havea hole for the purpose of inserting the king-bolt of the running-gear ofa wagon, if so desired.

Between the center-beam A and each of the sidebeams A, are placedsmaller beams C 0, two in each space, at equal distances,'and runningparallel with the beams A and A. I

The bars 0 O are also secured to the cross-barsB B, and their front endsare even with the front ends .of the beams A A, while their rear ends donot extend as far as the rear ends of said beams.

Upon the upper side of the beams A A and bars 0 0 is laid a platform, D.

At the rear ends of the beams A A and A, on the v under side, are placedsuitable journal boxes, in which are placed two'shafts, E E, the, innerends of said shafts meetingvin the journal-box, on the center-beam 0nthe shafts E E, atsuitahle distances apart, is placed a series ofcircular steel plates G G,. having sharp edges.

' These plates are keyed on the shafts, or secured by flanges andset-screws or other suitable fastenings.

The circular plates G G form cutters for cutting stalks and weeds, bydrawing the machine over the' ground, and if the machine or frame is notheavs enough to exert the necessary pressure, stones or weights areplaced in a box, H, which is supported above-the cutters, on the rearends of the beams AA and A.

:This box also answers for a seat for the driver,hy

placing a board or cushion in the center. A-tthefront ends of the beamsA A and A, on the which are con- 7 under side, are hinged runners I I I,nectedby means of the cross-bar J The side runners I I have each, ontheir upper side, a recess, over which is placed a plate, a, and in thisrecess is placed the head of screw-bolt K, the boltpassing up throughthe said plate and screwed through the side-beams A A.

The-upper ends of the screw-rods K K maybe provided with cranks forturning the same, so as to raise and lowerthe runners at pleasure.'

When the machine is in operation, these runners are raised up so as toallow the cutters G G to oper ate as deep as may be necessary; but whenmoving from one place to another, the runners are lowered, so that themachine will rest on the same and be dragged on them along the ground. L

The shafts E E, with their cutters, may be readily removed, and aroller, L, placed on each side of the center-beam A, between said beam.andthe side-- beams; H

-Upon the side of the bars 0 G, at their rear ends, are cut recesses,which are covered with. metal plates 7). And upon the beams A and A aresimilar res 'cesses and plates, all being on the same line, for'at;

taching plow-coitersM M. v

These colters are pivoted each in a forked bar, N,

the upper-end of which is passed up through the recess above-mentioned,and arod, O, is passed through holes in allofthe'm above the beams,which secures :them firmly in place.

The runners I I and I being the proper distance apart, can be used tomark the rows for corn ground.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The frame, formed of the side-beams A A, center-beam A, bars 0 O,cross-bars B B, and platform D, all constructed and arrangedsubstantially as shown and described.

2. The runners I I and I, connected by the crossbar J, in combinationwith the screw-rods K K, sub,- stantially as and for the purposes hereinset forth. 3. The arrangem'ent,-withthe frame, constructed as hereindescribed, and providedwith the' runners I I and 1', bar J, andscrew-rods K K, rod 0,.and colters M M, all constructed tov operatesubstantiallyas set forth.

4. The arrangement, upon ,the rear part of the frame as constructed, ofthe two shafts E E, provided with circular cutters G G, and box H, saidshafts being removable, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my handthis 27th day of January, 1870. Witnesses: WM. LESLIE.

W. D. TAYLOR,

J. M. Gssnr.

